Q: (from Dan)
Always great to see you present and allow partners to pick your brain…
As per today’s discussion, here are a few questions that have been compiled:
· Is there a side by side comparison of Groove Vs. SharePoint?
· Is there a battle card for SharePoint vs. Google Dashboards and/or IBM WebSphere?
· Can you point me to anything to really promote/show Business Intelligence on SharePoint? Something we can replicate to learn from and show ourselves?
· Can you provide any information on how to handle email management within SharePoint?
Good job on your presentation, great job on handling question (as usual).
A:
Thanks for the kind words.
Here is are answers to your inquiries:
Groove vs. SharePoint – I couldn’t find a document that I liked which clearly showed a comparison. Perhaps because they both address the same issues, but with a different approach, we seem to only discuss the approach differences: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/HA101680011033.aspx?pid=CL100604881033.
SharePoint vs. the competition – My recommendation would be to reach out to our Competitive Support team at (800) 426-9400 X88827 or https://partner.microsoft.com/US/salesmarketing/40016218
BI Demo – If you are a Registered or Certified partner you should be receiving either the ActionPack or the Partner Monthly Mailing respectively. In the ActionPack, you should be receiving the Technology Demonstration Toolkit; my demo came off of volume #8. There is a similar set of demos on the Demo Showcase in the Certified Partner Monthly mailer.
SharePoint & email – I’m not sure what you are looking for here, but the email/SharePoint integration is pretty fundamental. Here is a demo: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102047921033.aspx?pid=CH101788401033
I hope this helps.